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Agricultural New
. ' Valuable Information on
tUj farming Industry and
market trends is provided
rcjTularly to rural readers
The Y7eather J
Falr today and Saturday
except, valley fogs, tempera-
; tare unchanged; Mar. Temp.
Thursday 43, Min. 89, rain
.02 inch, west wind- '
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FOUMDEP 11631
EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Mqrrdng, November' 20, 1936
Price Sc; Newsstands 5c
No. 201
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Viltings Attain
New Height by
Tying Medford
Deepest of Trick Plays
Used by I Haukman
. Final Score 7-7
Pearpicker i Power Fu
Matched by Improved
- f Salem HighTeam
By PAUL HAUSER
The Vikings of Salem high nd
the Tigers of Medford' were lost
In the fog daring the first half
of their football game last night
and each was stopped-close to the
other's goal; line bai when the
fog lifted with the second half
both could see their way to
a
to
: touchdown and an extra point!
go with It.
- That's the way the game end
ed. 7 to 7. a score which was
another "moral xlctory" for
lem and once mighty Medfofd's
: second tie game in eight days.
The Vikings, who for the first
: time this year looked like a good
football-team' through every min
ute, reflected' some strenuous and
Intelligent coaching.. They , were
about twice' as tough defensively
as they have been this season,
were charging through into (the
Medford back field, several times
to throw Medford backs for
losses. '
First Time Tigers
Denied Slaughter
They were outgalned 24 5 ya: "ds
to 183 and ontdowned 11 to 10
but they played just as good foot
ball as Medford's big Tigers,) a
team that early In the season
was beaded straight for a state
championship. It . Was; the first
timei a Medford team has failed
to walk ail over a Viking elevpn.
In two orevlous games at Med-
" ford Salem lost it .to 6 and 411
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; Both , scores ! came within five
minutes time. Salem went 30
yards to score in the third pe
riod after ! Medford had been
forced to kick from deep In Its
own ' .territory ! and Immediately
afterward Medford, marched 52
yards In nine plays to pay dirt.
Chapman's 4 1 yard punt outj of
bounds on the Medford 22-yfrd
line and a 15 yard holding pen
alty on Medford put the Tigersj in
the noie and Chapman ran back
Bayllss' punt i 15 yards to , the
Medford 30 where Salem star .ed
its scoring drive.
Trickiest I'lay of
Year Drings iicore
With excellent blocking B 1 1
Smith, left half, dashed 15 yards
around right i end on the first
play. Trying1 left end . on the
next he lost seven but the two
end sweeps had set up the trick
iest play of the season and the
one ! that, put Salem in position
on the five yard line for Chap
man to slant ; off tackle for a
touchdown. I
Ever hear of a forward pass to
a center? .That's the play khe
Vikings used : last night for a
gain of 17 yards with Ed Maers,
Salem center, j carrying the btatl.
With the line shifting to put Urn
on the end and eligible to receive
a forward pass Maers snapped
t ; (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1)
Pekingese Left
i Out of Register
. NEW v YORK. Not. 19.-3?)-Kose,
who was listed as the Junior
In the family of Mr. and Mrs.
George L K. Morris when the
summer edition of the social reg
ister came out and then turned
ont to be the Morris' pet pooch
was missinr from the new bdl-
ttnn af the register today.
The Morrises make their home
in Lenox, Mass., and confessed
inrin the noroar over Rose's In
clusion that they had listed her
Just for the run of it. Rose is an
nnneritrreed Pekingese. I
The name of Mrs. Wallis Simp
ion remained in the register, j She
lras been the traveling companion
t irinr Kdward and the English-
nonVlnr world is abutx with
wonder as to whether the king
will marry her.
Auto Hits Fold
Student Injured
at.bant- Nov. lt.-(Special)-
Forrest Masters, 1 -year-old Cor
Tallls high school student, suf
fered a fracture ot, the. left elbow
i tnntrht when an automobile in
which he was riding struck a (tele
phone pole alonsT-the Pacific
highway near mmoM inn, nnu
of here. Along with several pom
.n1nm . hn rMiT6d minOr itt
-Juries, he was brought to th Al
bany General hospital at t p. m.
rti others, whose names were not
taken at the i hospital, left a inert
time later, j " !-
- The students were reported to
have been one the way to a
ball game. '
Ifoot
Bitter
Bids on State
Capitol pTo Be
Award Early Next 'Week
Forecast; WPA Will
l Check Proposals
2 O'clock Is Time Set;
Postoffice Mia t e r i a 1
Decision Delayed
PORTLAND. Noy.l 19-(0-Con-
traetors from many : sections of
the country will go before the cap
ltol reconstruction i commission
here tomorrow with bids for build
ing the new statehouse at Salem.
Bids will be received at 2:00
o'clock at the central library. The
commission also announced a reg
ular routine session tomorrow
morning at 10:30 o'clock.
The contract, officials said, will
go to the lowest qualified bidder
in accordance with specifications
drafted by the architects" and will
cover the, entire construction job.
exclusive-iof -furniture.
C. C. Hockley, Oregon PWA ad
ministrator, will represent the
government. He said the bids
would be checked by his office to
determine if they fill requirements
of the PWA.
Hockley ' said the checking
would be completed - early next
week and the contract awarded.
Construction will be undertaken
as soon as the successful bidder
can assemble equipment and work
ers. Among the firms which hare
signified intentions lot submitting
bids are N. P. Severln and comp
any, Chicago; George A. Fuller
company, N e w York ; Johnson,
Drake and Piper, Minneapolis;
Ross Hammond, L. H. Hoffman,
Guy Atkinson and George H. But
ler, all Portland contractors.
Decision I of the type material
for the finish of the Salem post
office has. been held up pending
Turn to page 13, col. 4)
Pupils, Teacher
Flee From Blaze
CALGARY. Alta.. Nov. 19.-JP)-
Sixteen school pupils and their
teacher escaped today from la for
est fire which swept down On the
schoolhouse In the Brushy Ridge
district, 25 miles west of Calgary.
Motor trucks and automobiles,
commandeered by Royal Cana
dian mounted police, brought the
children; to safety beyond the tire
zone.'.
Fed by a 3 B-mlle-an-hour wind.
the flames raced down on ranch
properties, wiping out homes and
buildings. ,
Properties of four ranchers
were destroyed.i j
Young Republican
Uprising Favored
WASHINGTON. Nor. lS-UPV-
Assertmg that uovernor Alt M.
Landon had been "surrounded, and
advised by the old gang of ' dis
credited politicians," Senator Gib
son (R-VL) today called upon
"The young republicans' to take
over the party organization.' ;
In a statement, he urged the
new leaders to carry-, out "a for
ward looking plan after "purg
ing themselves of boss control..
Gibson said his party had suf
fered "three major disasters" and
declared that, "the ordinary t run
of folks have no confidence' in old
line politicians," i -
OpenedToday
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Life Conservation
Voiced at State Con
, I - CORVALLIS, Nov.. 1 -(P-Cor-
reiauon oi tne interests or wua
life conservation and development
wlt-b. those of agriculture and oth
er industries of the state, and co
operation of 'all individuals, so
cieties, industries and other or
ganizations Interested In a eori
strnctlve program were urged by
Governor Charles , Martin tonight,
He spoke to more than 160 del
egates to the Oregon wild life con
ference'' I - ;l - I-;
Illegally Killed
Elk Provide Feast
Guests at the banquet feasted
open elk ! meat purchased from
the state game commission's sup
ply of animals confiscated because
of game violations.
L Governor. Martin -said Oregon
is one of the tew states remaining
where, it Is not too late to talk of
conservation ot wild life. He con
trasted conditions in - Oregon,
which has some 200 species of
wild animals, more than 400 spe-
Words Mark Labor; Clash
Under sing Will Be
In in Tivo Weeks;
i Ran s odd to Move Back
Tracks Being Replaced Now; Highway Traffic Will
Be Routed Through
Ahead of Schedule;
THE IRON HORSES of the Southern Pafcific company will
thunder back to their old accustomed paths at the north
Salem city limits in about two "weeks, when the new
highway undercrossing will be completed as far as the fail
road is concerned. i "5
Albert Berni, construction superintendent for the con
tractors. Kern and Kibbe, y ester-O-
daiy said the railroad tracks for
the crossing would be finished
by that time and the highway
tunnel not later than January 1
if the weather continues favor
able. I '. "
: Crews are now busy rebuilding
the railroad grade and finishing
off tke asphalt "web" which win
form! the roof of the motor ve
hicle tunnel. Huge steel girders
will support the tracks. Two sets
of tracks will be laid in place
of the single line which form
erly crossed the highway at this
point. ;
I As soon as the trains are rout
ed back over their old course,
workmen will cut through the
"shoo-fly" grad on which the
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Strikers Seeking
j Relief, Reported
National Policy -Followed
s Gotidy ; Refusal of
WPA Jobs Rumored
Maritime 1 strikers, refusing to
work . at their .regular trades al
though' in. some eases their re
fusals is not of their own volition,
are creating a new problem for
Oregon's relief administration by
applying for relief.
i Elmer R. Goudy, state relief ad
ministrator, said while In Salem
Thursday, however, that so far the
number of applications from this
cause have been few. '
j From other sources came re
ports that at least three strikers
recently applied to Goudy for re
lief and were certified to the works
progress ; administration. When
offered work there, they were said
to have refused the Jobs.
National Policy to
Govern, Declared
! Goudy. who was here a few'
minuets Thursday afternoon
checking with the attorney general
on legal procedures in mortgage
matters connected with old age
assistance applications, stated the
committee was following the na
tional proceedure in handling the
cases of strikers or others out of
work . i '
! While Governor Martin's atti
tude against strikers receiving any
relief from state funds to well
known, he would not issue any
statement, but said he may outline
his views at a later date. I ; ?
i "Goudy is well able to handle
the situation." he said. '
Goudy said that able-bodied
men, whether strikers or not are
sent to ; the national re-employ-.
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j Drug Strike Ends
I SEATTLE, Not. 1 9-P)-The
west coast wholesale drug com
pany and the weigher's, ware
housemen's ( and cereal - workers
union jointly announced here to
night that they: had signed articles
of agreement settling differences
which caused a strike at three Se
attle drug manufacturing plants
September 38. r j
ce
cies of birds . and "the best that
North America has to- offer among
game and commercial fish,", with
other areas where favorable con
ditions must be restored ''before
conservation can begin, : ; i
1 , "There are states where water
must be conserved to :'. restore
marshes and lakes before there
is a chance to again have; water
fowl and fish ; forests must - be
grown before, forest, loving birds
and animals can lite again, and
a vegetative covering of1 some
kind must be restored in thedust
bowl area before it is fit for ha
bitation by man or beast,' the
governor said. . , - -
f -"Wejhave no time to-lose," he
concluded, "for the same forces
which dissipated the game and
fish in our older centers are at
work again. If we take intelligent
action at once, we will not' need
to follow a harsh, repressive pol
icy, but Su broad development pol-
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fereh
by First of
pfear, Well
Paving Finished
Leslie Dedication
Plans jCompleted
P. T. A.
Space1
opes to Fill All
Auditorium
on Monday Night
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Leaders of the Leslie Parent-
Teacher association hope to crowd
the new Leslie junior high school
auditorium to its first floor cap
acity Monday night when dedica
tory exercises will be held, R. G.
Bob" Brady, president, declared
yesterday. During the evening vis
itors will be guided through both
the old building and the new
gymnasium I and auditorium ad
ditions by student ushers. Teach
ers will be- present to meet them.
Installation of opera chairs on
the main floor of the auditorium
will be completed In time for the
Monday night program. A seating
capacity ot, more than . 000 will
then be available. i -
Highlights will be addresses by
Governor Charles H. Martin, C C.
Hockley, Oregon PWA admini
strator; Frank Neer, school board
chairman: Silas Galser, school
superintendent; Don Upjohn, for
mer president of the parent-teacher
organisation, and. leader in pro
moting the building program; Mrs.
LaMoine R. Clark, Leslie princi
pal, and Lyle P. Bartholomew,
architect who designed both the
original building and the new
wings. :'. I i
The complete program will be
as follows; ; - i
Singing, "Star Spangled Ban
ner," by audience, led by G retch
en Kreamer, head of the musk
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Alaska Transport
Scheme Unsettled
nail
SEAmEJN'orlS-i-Spokes-
men for Alaska Bte"amsnTpoper
ators and! for striking maritime
unions said tonight the proposed
chartering? of ships and supplying
of crews land I shoreside . workers
to relieve food shortages in Alaska
were "up in the air" pending the
arrival of Col. O. F. Ohlson, man
ager ot the Alaska railroad.
Ohlson was to fly from Wash
ington, ID. C, to the coast to tar
range for vessels and crews under
an executive order from President
Roosevelt. i 1 :
The steamship operators held
session today and the maritime
unions one tonight to discuss the
situation, t but in the absence of
definite information from Ohlson
withheld: action. Both factions ex
pected he would arrive here to
morrow night or Saturday. .
Master, mates and pilots union,
one of the striking group, passed
a ' motion; saying? "It Alaskans
really are starving, the masters,
mates and pilots will volunteer to
serve without pay on vessels sent
to Alaska, providing all profits
from such ventures be given to
charity.
Early Cod Spell
Is Partly Atated
' (By The Associated Press)
From j most of the nation an
unseasonably cold visitation of
winter weather was in slow re
treat last night, but almost ev
erywhere the air still had a chill
ting.
Many record lows were
reached; I sub-f reeling weather
was common and here and there
sub-sera levels were reported. -From
atop Mount Washington,
In New England, came a reading
ot 16 below sero. A reading of
two below was noted from Sar
anae Lake, N. Y.
. In common with much of the
rest of the country, however.
New England where great snow
drifts lay . In some areas had
gradually rising temperatures
during the day with forecasts for
"much l- warmer" weather s at
night. U-'i.- .
In Pennsylvania, an Itinerant
was found dead on a highway, A
coroner's deputy said he froze to
death.
Green Accuses
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Dictator Role
F. of L. , Leader Irate
At Latest 'Attack by '
Coal Miner' Head
Official ; of Typo Union
Also Is Accused of ;
Opposing Peace ,
: TAMPA, Fla., Nov. .-flV
William Green accused John ' L.
Lewis tonight of dictatorship, in
gratitude and desire for "personal
revenge" in ordering him to desert
to the American federation of la
bor's fight against Lewis' rebel
Unions. . ::!-
; Lewis had notified Green the
miners' executive; board directed
him to stop associating with the
miners enemies. Such associa
tion, Lewis said, was "treason."
' Lewis is president of the
miners onion. Green is a rank-and-file
U.M.W. member of his
home town. Coschocton, Ohio, as
well as A. F. of L. president.
" ."I regard the decision submit
ted In your latest telegram as an
expression of your personal will,'
Green said in a telegram to Lewis.
21 refuse to accept it as the
free expression of the individual
members of the International ex
ecutive board.
To Follow Policy
Of Self-Control
''Instead of making a construc
tive contribution toward the set
tlement of honest differences
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f. Cooley Death
Declared Suicide
Recent Arrival in Oregon
Shoots Himself With
Shotgun, Indicated
i
Walter Cooley, V 2, committed
suicide by shooting himself in
the chest with a double Barrelled
shotgun in the barnyard of the
N. M. 'i Simpson farm, where he
was staying, one mile east of
Jefferson at 7:30 o'clock last
night, state police reported. His
act, unexplained by any ' suicide,
was attributed to 111 health.
After investigating. District At
torney William H. Trindle and
Deputy Coroner Virgil T. Golden
ordered the body, badly mangled,
removed to the Clough-Barrick
mortuary here.
Simpson, a brother-in-law, dis
covered Cooley, dead, when be
went to investigate a noise he had
heard in the barnyard. Cooley ap
parently had propped the gun
against his chest and set oft the
trigger with a small stick, cut
from a nearby lilac bush. - '
Mr. and Mrs. Cooley and their
three children, aged 4, 6 and S,
ceme to Oregon from Tennessee
four months ago to lire with; her
brother, Mr. Simpson. '.;.'
Broiise Is Handed
VearPrisonTenn
Charles Brouse, 20, was sen
tenced to one year in the peni
tentiary when he appeared before
Judge L. H. McMahan yesterday
and pleaded guilty to a charge ot
burglary not in a dwelling. '
Brouse was arrested by city po
lice Wednesday. He was accused
of having broken Into the Hoi
man and Wagner card room Octo
ber 29, and taken 120.80 from
the . cash register along with a
package of cigarettes.
Brouse was also wanted by Al
bany, authorities. He is charged
there with grand larceny of a
trombone, valued at $120,: and
larceny of, an automobile. When
arrested here he had' a radio in
his; possession which had alleged
ly, been taken from the stolen ear.
First Test Made
Of State's Radio
- The first of the three 1000
watt state- radio stations-, to he
used Jointly by the highway and
state police departments went on
the air in Milwankle tor brief per
iods early Thursday: morning.
Tests were conducted with KGZR,
Salem city police radio station.
The Portland station, on 170
kilocycles, will be - known as
KOHM. -
Another. 1 00 0-watt station will
be placed in operation at the state
highway shops here shortly after
Janjaary 1 . and one at LaGrande
subsequently. ; - - -; ' " - - - 1
Seek Solution
ationwi
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Eastern Marine Walkout
Condemned at Tampa
i Federation Meet I
Progress Toward Peace
j Reported in Some of
j . Numerous Strikes I
f (By The Associated Press! .
j Employer and employed found
themselves at odds on many a Sab
ot front last night, but with peace
moves afoot and in . some cases
successful. . '-.lUV-
Briefly, they were: " "
1 In New York an insurgent rfoun
oi seamen : continued to ' balk at
leadership of t h e international
seamen's anion and harassed the
smooth movement of shipping.
The American federation of labor
at Tampa, Fla.. branded the least
coast and gulf strike as "com
munist abetted" and insurgent
leaders demanded their side be
heard. j
McGrady Continues ' 1
Efforts tv Peace 5
i On the west coast Assistant
Secretary of Labor ' Edward F.
McGrady continued efforts to get
west coast union representatives
and shipowners together In an
agreement to end the seamen's
strike there.
Union officials and officers of
the Bendix Products corporation
conferred at South Bend; Ind;, in
an effort to end the three-day-old
'sit-down" strike of Bendix fem
ployes over the closed shop issue.
An effort to settle the month-
long strike affecting 6,000 em
ployes in five plants of the Pitts
burgh plate glass employes iwas
seen at Pittsburgh, Pa., with: the
presence of a federal conciliator
and the head of the flat glass
workers anion which is demanding
a closed shop- . . - .
Textile Workers' " 1
Present Demands ' . t
The nnlted textiles workers of
America presented at Washington
to labor department conciliators
their demands for a 15 per cent
wage increase, for which 9 ,0 0 0
employes of the Cumberland, Md.,
plant of the Celanese coroporation
of America went on strike -last
Thursday.
At Syracuse, N. Y., union lead
ers of a group of striking Rem
ington' Rand company employes
said the workers voted 686 to 8
not to accept a company proposal
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Railroad Strike
In South at End
BATON ROUGE, La.. Nor. ? 20.
(Friday) (-Governor Richard
W. Leche announced early today
that the Louisiana and Arkansas
railroad strike had been settled,
r The governor's statement fol
lows: i -
"I am happy, to announce that
the officials of the Louisiana and
Arkansas railway and the Louisi
ana and Arkansas and Texas rail
way . and the representatives f of
the four brotherhoods " h a v e
reached an agreement settling! all
differences arising from the
strike called September 19, 1936,
"Both sides ; made concessions
in the Interests of harmony and
the settlement is a tribute to the
patriotism and sound judgment
of all parties concerned. I heart
fly congratulate them." .: I
The strike has been marked by
wrecks, bridge burnings and snip
ing incidents. j :
Labor Trouble
Green and Lewis Factions Nearing
Showdown aFederation Meeting
. ( Job Lewis j
Central figwres la the "civil war within the ranks of organized labor
- - which Is expected to reach climax in the present American Fed
eration of Labor convention at Tampa, Fla."
Ita fy: Strengthens
j A rmament
&Miding Renewed
Mussolini's Land
! One Side, Russia on Other Near
Open Entry Into Conflict
Anthony Eden's Statement Figures in
': Tense Situation;' Other Enmities
j . Fanned by Present Excuse
By JOHN EVANS
I ' V (Associated Press Foreign Staff)
1tASCISTS and Communists are xoming: to grips in their
Jp struggle for world power. I r
i i Spain is the first battlefield but other nations are lining
up in what may end in a general war,
! Two new factors today envenomed the situation.
i i
arteerl in the production of air
! Britain's foreign secretary, Anthony Eden, told the
kouse of co-mnions that "other governments'' were .more
guilty than Italy and Germany in aiding Spanish belliger
ents. His hearers understood him to mean Soviet Russia,
i ! Italy and Germany, who yesterday formally recognized
the fascist Spanish forces as the real government of Spain,
disclaimed any intention of sending arms to Madrid's be-
China Aroused at
Invasion in North
Patriotic Fervor Aroused
! : as Word Is Brought of
44- Victory by Defense
4 1 SHANGHAI, Not. 1 9-;p)--Ch-
nese patriots clamored for mili
tant action tonight In a campaign
to raise funds for the defense of
northern Sulruan province against
reported Japanese Invasion. ;
;., jFeeling Was pitched close to
wartime fervor, following Chi
nese newspaper reports that de
fenders' of the eastern border had
taken the offensive and inflicted
a severe setback to the Invaders.
j ! Although these dispatches were
contradicted Jty other advices
from Kalgam and Kweisul which
said the danger zone was quiet
for the moment, cheering Chinese
demonstrated throughout the' city.
Citizens Exhorted
To Contribute Funds
-Orators, comparable to Ameri
can "four-minute" speakers who
sold Liberty bonds during the
world war, exhorted cltixens to
contribute funds for the defense
and sought to stir up a national
patriotism.! Large sums of money
were reported pouring in, along
with "home comforts" to be dis
tributed to soldiers at the front.
! Representatives of Pelping ci
tizenry reached Kweisul, it was
announced today,, and assured
guiyuan authorities "north China
is supporting . you and opposing
this latest Japanese threat."
i Kalgan advices reported that an
attempt to sever the Peiping-Sui-ynan
railway by: dynamiting a
bridge 25 miles i west of Kalgan
had been frustrated. .Heavy pa
trols were dispatched along- the
right of way and guards on trains
were Increased in number. Garri
sons in the area ; also were
strengthened. . :
U TSINING, Suiyuan Province,
China, Not.- l9-(P)-Gen. Fu Tso
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;uharQes
and Germany Upon
and naval armament.
siegers nut meir aciiou waue n
easier for them to give open aid
to the insurgents. j '
Russia,! on the contrary, sym
pathizes ; with the Spanish social-ist-communist-syndicalist
govern
ment which still holds Madrid.
It Russia and then France op
enly aid the established 1 Spanish
government, and Italy and Ger
many give : military aid to their
new fascist friends, there are few
statesmnt wno look for anything
but eventual war.
' All of the nations, with Great
Britain and; a doren others, have
pledged themselves to be neutral
but are dickering and may change
their mtnds. .
Spain Merely Excuse'
For New Hostilities V
Few contend that Spain is any
thing but an excuse for nations to
express I their hostilities. None et
them Worried - much - during the
five years 1 Spaniards sought to
build a solid republic on the ruins
of Alfonso's old monarchy. It is
only since -fascism versus com
munism became a big world polit
ical and social problem that na
tions began, to notice Spain.
Today, starts the fifth -month Of
the - Spanish civil war that has
cost an estimated 200.000 Uvea
and appalled the world with ita
brutality'.,:- -
Italyj Germany and Portugal ,
are the three strongly fascist
countries. :
Soviet Russia stands alone as
the great communist power. She
is allied with Frgjice in a military
pact which Germany says is aimed
at her. ' .
: Why js there this line-up? Why
can't each country -have its ova
kind of government and leave
others alone?
1 That! is : because each believes
Its own peace and power wiU he
greater if other countries around
have similar systems,
i Also, there are political and ter
ritorial enmities involved.
Mechanic! Works
Bunco Game Here
- Paul .Bales, South Commercial
street market manager, and one
ot his j clerks, were victimized to
the, tune of $12.75 yesterday
morning by a : bunco artist who
posed as an automobile mechanic.
Thai fmechanl5 . entered the
store around 11 a. m. and, tel
ling, Bales he was a Portland
factory expert, suggested he look
at . the ; grocer's car. . He did, and
at the market butcher's car as
weU; the two later 'found he had
broken the sparkplugs.' The man, .
saying; he had found something
wrong, suggested he go to a
downtown garage after parts.
- Thej elerk, with whose car the
"gyp also found something
amiss,; accompanied him to t h
garage and there handed -him
1 12.7 5, part ot it Bales' ' money,
with which to buy the parts.
That was the last seen ot the
"mechanic".
Councilman Loses
Pants1 to Burglar
These burglars haven't proper
respect for our city officials. Al
derman V. D. "BIH" Evans prob
ably decided last night, when, in
terrupted in ' his , bath, he dis
covered a prowler had stolen his
trousers and billfold from an ad
joining room. The pants, sans
billfold and about $3. were found
a block away.
The alderman telephoned for
police at 10:35 when he. hear J
glass. "being shattered in his bed
room. The burglar had thrown
a heavy stick of firewood through
the pane.
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